The second song started, and the fifth finished. Ian's been wanting to do this one for quite a while. It's something of an answer song to a Donkey Kong rap I did a few years back called King of Kong (www.cdbaby.com/cd/TVsKyle1 )
This one was a beast, which is surprising considering how much it's simply a remix of video game tunes. I had a lot of trouble getting the bass to sound consistently present, and Ian had to do his vocals twice as I couldn't get them to stop clipping. He later realized that he may have accidentally recorded them with his computer's internal mic initially. Heh.
Finding out that the Back To The Future NES theme and the Paperboy theme fit together without a nudge was a happy accident.
-Kyle
lyrics
I. Am. The Prince of Paperboy
You mess with me, and I will ruin your joy
I bring you news on time every day
From Easy Street on down to Hard Way
Cause I never fail, not rain nor hail
I just toss the paper in the box for your mail
You can send your dogs or a swarm of bees
I just laugh as I rack up more deliveries
I never stop, I just keep on pedaling
And your nosey neighbors will keep on meddling
I gotta watch out for skateboarders and drivers
And I only break the windows of non-subscribers
Chorus:
I am the Prince of Paperboy
Delivering papers with my BMX
Wrecking their windows is better than sex.
I am the Prince of Paperboy
I'll get enough subscribers to make it rain.
Wanna beat me, you're gonna feel the pain.
I am the Prince of Paperboy
I ain't never gonna call it quits.
A Perfect Delivery is what you'll get.
I am the Prince of Paperboy
Ladiiiiiiies.
The Grim Reaper appears and I don't even panic
I break enough glass I could sink the Titanic
He was a hispanic on that show, Captain N
but that was kind of weird, never speak of it again
I'm hoping your open to my apologies
The windows I've broken from my deliveries
Are only in pursuit of elusive high scores
To get more subscribers is all I ask for
avoid the barking dogs, and the cats as they attack
I always stay on track, giving drunks a smack
Never fall down a drain, no need to swear and cuss
Never so much as fuss as I dodge that school bus
You must trust I'll deliver all I carry
And those training missions are unnecessary
It gets hairy out there upon my route
But I'll win you over and my name you'll shout
No one can beat me, Best Paperboy ever
With my superpowered bike and my rhymes oh so clever
I'll deliver them all then enter my name
The Daily Sun reports, but it's only a game
Chorus
K- Well if Ian's the Prince of all Paperboy,
Then I will master a different toy
Back to the Future for NES
I'll be the king of this elegant mess
It's basically Paperboy except it's boring
LJN games are worth ignoring
This song drones on and yet it's clear,
Paperboy's theme fits! Isn't that weird?
Know what's better than the Daily Sun?
Throwing bowling balls. Way more fun.
What's with the outfit? Is that even Marty?
He and Johnny Bravo could have a same outfit party.
credits
from Headliners,
released May 11, 2012
Lyrics by Ian Bonds and Kyle A. Carrozza
Music by...um...either Carl Bedard, John Salwitz, Dave Ralston, or Russel Dawe. They were the designers on the game. Beat added and enhanced by Kyle.
the great Luke Ski, Scooter Picnic's #1 fan, who appears on "I'd Buy That For A Dollar", and who occasionally has Ian and Kyle appear on his songs. Scooter Picnic
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Kyle has a gift for creating earworms—catchy tunes that you just cannot get out of your head until they've achieved their purpose. (Which is? That would be telling...) At the moment I'm particularly fond of "I Don't Know Why There's a Bug in Here," which I predict within five years will dominate campfires and school buses. Brother Osric
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This album is pretty much "all good" as they say. I like all the tracks, but somehow, "The Games I Used To Play" was my life in the '80s. Ian, you've done it again! roboknight